Travel

I’ve finally reached gold status on an airline in the U.S., which is pretty pathetic compared to some colleagues in the industry who hit diamond status almost every year. It can be useful – I get to pick better seats,…

The FBI and TSA recently issued a warning to airlines that asks them to be vigilant in looking out for folks who might be acting suspicious in trying to access in-flight entertainment systems and Wi-Fi networks for hacking purposes. According…

The smartphone revolution has dramatically changed international travel. I just spent a week on the European continent, from Amsterdam to Barcelona, and the changes are remarkable, even when compared to just a few years ago. Headed to Barcelona’s Mobile World…

Do you commute via Amtrak? Then you might know the horrors known as Amtrak Wi-Fi. Indeed, the railroad has taken a lot of heat over spotty Internet access, but news came in this week that things are beginning to change…

Did an iPhone actually interfere with an airplane’s navigation during flight? That’s the claim that went out over the Web yesterday, as Bloomberg reported on a small regional airliner whose compasses glitched-out at 9,000 feet. The incident, which occurred in…

Cubicles? Who needs a cube when the big, wide open world is your office? Marissa Mayer notwithstanding, it is clear that more companies have embraced telecommuting and remote offices over recent years. The time was ripe for it: Enterprise adoption of…

If you’ve flown anywhere over the past few years, then chances are, you’re seen or been imaged by those TSA-endorsed full body scanners. The machines have kicked up quite a storm among passengers and privacy advocates, who compare the much-too…

The FCC is pushing for airlines in the U.S. to adopt better in-flight Wi-Fi technology, with the stipulation that regulatory approval time will be cut down by as much as 50 percent. Under the new framework, the commission wants terms…

If you’ve flown anywhere over the past few years, then you’re probably pretty familiar with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rule of shutting off electronic devices while on board a plane. While some airlines limit the duration to take off and…